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The parents of a Ypsilanti Public School student have sued
the district for $150,000 in a circuit court lawsuit stemming
form an injury in January 1981. Michael and Linda Grieve,
parents of Michelle Grieve, 15, an Ypsilanti student, filed
the suit in Washtenaw County Circuit Court last Friday alleging
that "horseplay" by a substitute coach resulted in
serious injury to the girl's right arm.
Named as defendants were the Ypsilanti school board: Robert
Hunt, principal of George Elementary School; and Calvin Collins,
who the suit said was a basketball coach for the district's
adult education program at the time.
The suit, filed by Dexter attorney Leonard Kitchen, said
that Collins was a fill-in supervisor for a cheerleading practice
on Jan. 15, 1981, at George Elementary. Collins allegedly
"intentionally engaged in and allowed dangerous 'horseplay'
to occur" at the practice and at one point "grasped
the leg of (Michelle Grieve) and pulled the leg, causing (her)
to fall to the floor, suffering a compound fracture of the
right lower arm," the suit said. Hunt and the school board
were named in the suit because they were responsible for making
sure there were adequate and qualified supervisors at the
practice, the suit said.
The school officials can't claim governmental immunity
because the school-sponsored cheerleading, practice was not
a "uniquely governmental" function, according to the
suit.
Michelle Grieve, whose parents live at 576 S. Redwood, suffered
extreme pain during the injury and its treatment that followed,
the lawsuit said. It also said that the girl's right wrist
has not healed totally and still is deformed, giving her difficulties
in writing and in schoolwork.
The suit, which was assigned to Circuit Court Judge Edward
Deake, asked for $150,000 in damages, plus unspecified punitive
damages, interest, court costs, and attorney fees.
•Elementary
School Principal's Letter
•Ypsilanti School
District Letter
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